It could be said that the people in any given society fit into one of three categories:

1 “Regular people” who make up the majority,

2 “Predators”, a minority who prey on the vulnerable and innocent, and

3 The “Warrior Class”, a minority who protect the vulnerable from the predators.

 

“Regular people” live their lives in blissful ignorance of the real world around them.  They possess limited or zero Situational Awareness and are essentially at the mercy of others.

 

“Predators” are the people who have bad intent towards others.  They are the criminal element of society and have given themselves permission to take advantage of the Regular People.

The Predator uses his primal survival instinct to make astute and immediate judgments about where people fit on his food chain. In essence he will see people in one of two ways: people he can take advantage of (prey) or people he can not take advantage of (Warrior).

A common and interesting behavioral trait is for the Predator to ingratiate himself with the Warrior.  This behavior is another example of the Predator’s highly evolved primal-survival-instinct.  These sycophantic displays of animal cunning provide us with a warning that Predators are often intelligent and operate with high levels of sophistication.

 

The “Warrior Class” is also in a minority, however this minority consists of people who have honorable intent.  They have chosen to protect people who can’t protect themselves.

Members of the Warrior Class do not have to belong to any particular group or organization.  It is true that some of the Warrior Class are members of the military or law enforcement or similar, but the true essence of the Warrior Class is a person who is prepared to do the what is right, and stand up for someone who needs help.  This is integrity, and comes from one’s heart and spirit.

 

I have always intrinsically felt that it is the duty and privilege of the Warrior Class to protect those who need it.

 

It is a personal choice that anyone can make; therefore it’s up to you to decide who you are going to be and how you are going to be remembered.

 

Scott Cheasley

Tactical Zen Combat Systems.

 

Should you have the right to possess and use a bladed instrument (multi-tool or knife) to be used for a lawful purpose?

How many of you use some type of bladed instrument in your everyday life?

Anyone have an opinion about knives for everyday use?

Thought this may be a useful link.  I have not used this knife, therefore I am not in a position to judge it, but it looks ok.

I hear it will be around $60 (I assume that’s USD), so that is a good price, and some sort of fixed-blade knife is necessary in your BOB (Bug Out Bag).

What do you think?

Click here for link.

The following article is obviously one of many that refers to the problem of Knife Crime.

Knife crime is evidence-based fact.  If you don’t acknowledge that then you are choosing the bliss of ignorance.

The only real question here is what are you going to do about it?

This article is reproduced from www.theage.com.au

For the info of any out of town readers, “The Alfred” is one of Melbourne’s (Australia) major hospitals.

KNIFE injuries at one of Victoria’s leading trauma centres have soared around 50% in the past two years.

Dr De Villiers Smit, director of the emergency and trauma centre at The Alfred hospital, said stabbing admissions at his hospital had soared to around 150 in 2009 from 100 in 2007.

Dr Smit said the surge appeared to be gaining momentum, with 24 admissions in the past two weeks.

‘This has huge implications [for a patient],’’ he said.

‘‘Not only from a physical point of view … but also from a psychological point of view.

‘‘I don’t think [people] have any idea of the implications it might have on somebody’s life.’’

News of the surge came as police expressed concern at the prevalence of a ”knife culture” in Melbourne, with 10 people stabbed during the weekend.

”The knife culture that we are currently seeing is of great concern to police,” a police spokesman told The Age.

”We know that some people, particularly young people, are carrying knives because they see them as a status symbol or a weapon of defence. They are not. They are a weapon of offence and we will continue to make the point that not only is the carrying of weapons illegal, it is highly dangerous.”

Ambulance Victoria confirmed attending 10 stabbing incidents at the weekend.

The first incident happened about 1.20am on Saturday when a 34-year-old man and his 15-year-old relative were stabbed in the course of an argument with three men at a bus stop in Frankston. One was taken to The Alfred hospital, the other to Frankston Hospital.

About 1.50am on Saturday an argument broke out between two groups in Whiteman Street, Southbank. Two men and a woman were injured.

In Brunswick, a dispute broke out between two men who lived at a boarding house about 3am on Saturday, leaving one man with stab wounds that required treatment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

In a particularly violent incident, a man was clubbed repeatedly with a baseball bat and then stabbed with with a hunting knife or a machete in the back when he was attacked along with two other men at 3am on Saturday outside a housing commission block in Richmond. He suffered a punctured lung and arm wounds and is in a serious condition in the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

A 17-year-old youth, stabbed as he stood outside a house in Lacenet Avenue, Frankston North about 4.30am on Saturday was taken to The Alfred hospital.

In the sixth attack, on Saturday night two people, one of them a 17-year-old, were set upon by five men at a community festival in Springvale’s Burden Park. The 17-year-old was stabbed in the lower back and taken to The Alfred.

At 7.10 last night, a 30-year-old male was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with wounds to the upper body after he was stabbed in Swanston Street, Carlton.

(Reid Sexton February 22, 2010)

http://www.theage.com.au/national/knife-injuries-soar-at-the-alfreds-trauma-centre-20100221-oo1r.html